I recently dug and divided the salad burnet in my herb garden and a thought occurred to me — why didn’t more people use this ancient herb? With its clean, crisp cucumber…
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Fennel is found in the wild all over California, and much to my amazement, many people consider it a weed… an aromatic, anise-flavored weed. I grew a small patch of fennel (Foeniculum…
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I have a beautiful old feijoa tree in my yard, and every spring it attracts flocks of starlings that dance through its leaves. The starlings are hungry for the hundreds of candy…
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I still remember the day I sowed my wild zaatar oregano seeds. I even wrote about them (third post ever on the blog!). They took a while to germinate and an even…
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Everyday Eats & Sweets, Flowers & Herbs, Garden of Eatin', RecipesTrue French Sorrel (and Your Garden on Toast)
True French sorrel (Rumex scutatus) is one of those things in my garden that’s very underused, but when I do use it, I wonder why I don’t do it more often.…
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We’re often told that once a brassica bolts, that signals the end of its life. But to me, those first few kale buds (also known as kale raab) are the start of…
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Flowers & Herbs, Garden of Eatin', How-ToTwo-Year Lemongrass Update (and How to Tame That Wild Thing)
Actually, make that two and a half years… Back in September 2010, I rooted a bunch of lemongrass stalks (purchased from the produce aisle) and planted them in the ground. They were…
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Everyday Eats & Sweets, Flowers & Herbs, Garden of Eatin', Recipes, You Can Eat That?!Nasturtium Pesto
We’ve had an abnormal amount of rain in LA these past couple of months, and with all the rain came the nasturtiums. Fields of nasturtiums — all over my garden, popping up…
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More than a year after I rooted the rhizomes, I finally have my first ginger harvest!…
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Last fall, I rooted a few rhizomes of store-bought ginger and galangal and planted the rhizomes in my garden. They were only watered once a month, didn’t do much over winter, and…